[Trevor Timmins' dominance]

Leafs vs Canadiens scouting staffs

List of Montreals amateur scouts: (GOHABS.COM)

Trevor Timmins Director of Player Recruitment and Development

Frank Jay Amateur Scout Serge Boisvert Amateur Scout Ryan Jankowski Amateur Scout Michel Boucher Amateur scout - Quebec Mike McCann Amateur scout - Ontario Elmer Benning Amateur Scout - Western Canada William A. Berglund Amateur Scout - Eastern U.S. Pat Westrum Amateur Scout - Western U.S. Hannu Laine Amateur Scout - Finland Christer Rockstrom Scout (Europe)

List of Toronto's Amateur scouting staff: (Leafs4life.net)

Dave Morrison - Director of Amateur Scouting Mike Palmateer - Amateur Scout George Armstrong - Amateur Scout John Lilley - Amateur Scout Garth Malarchuk - Amateur Scout Alan Power - Amateur Scout Gary Harker - Amateur Scout Scott Carter - Amateur Scout Pierre Rioux - Amateur Scout Roy Stasiuk - Amateur Scout John McMorrow - Amateur Scout Darryl Stanley - Amateur Scout Bud Stefanski - Amateur Scout Dave Starman - Amateur Scout Joe Gibbs - European Scout Thommie Bergman - European Scout Jari Gronstrand - European Scout Peter Ihnacak European Scout Nikolai Ladygin - European Scout

The Canadiens - 11 Staff members

The Leafs - 19 Staff members

Red Wings - 14 Staff members

All I'm saying is a team with our resources should have more scouts then anyone. It's one advantage in a salary cap world that we should exploit so we can get the best players possible.

http://leafs4life.net/toronto-maple-leaf-management/

http://www.gohabs.com/staff.htm

http://redwings.nhl.com/club/page.htm?id=44061

[Trevor Timmins' dominance]

What I'm trying to get at is that Montreal spends so little on their scouting staff compared to other teams and that their scouts have to rely solely on video scouting because they dont have the resources to send a physical scout to games. A team such as Montreal with all their money and resources should have the most scouts and the best scouts then any one in the NHL. Its clear we have a decent draft record considering all the players we have placed into the NHL. Imagine how good we could be if we poured a ton of resources into drafting! Who knows, maybe we could become a dominant team in the NHL again!

[Trevor Timmins' dominance]

Montreal is pretty good at drafting considering how little they spend on amateur scouts. Most times Timmins and Co. have to watch video on players because they dont have the man power to physically go and watch games. Thats kind of embarrassing when Montreal is one of the richest teams in the league. I just hope the new GM puts a massive impetus on hiring amateur scouts and less on video tapes.